Phyllis Diller

AP File Photo/PBSPhyllis Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, punctuating her jokes with her trademark cackle, died Monday morning in her Los Angeles home at age 95.Request to buy this photo

AP File PhotoIn this March 18, 1966 photo, comedian Phyllis Diller models one of her 300 hats in Hollywood, Calif.Request to buy this photo

AP File PhotoIn this May 20, 1966 photo, comedian Phyllis Diller appears in character in the ABC-TV comedy series 'The Pruitts of Southampton'.Request to buy this photo

AP File PhotoIn this Jan. 6, 1967 photo, comedian Phyllis Diller performs during the Bob Hope show for American troops at Can Ranh Bay, South Vietnam.Request to buy this photo

AP File PhotoComedian Phyllis Diller gets a lift from emcee Buddy Hackett prior to the celebrity stag luncheon roast at the New York Friars Club in New York City in this Oct. 9, 1985 photo.Request to buy this photo

AP File PhotoEntertainers Bob Hope and Phyllis Diller share a laugh at Hope's estate in the Toluca Lake area of Los Angeles, March 22, 1995.Request to buy this photo

AP File PhotoActress Phyllis Diller and Johnny Grant, honorary mayor of Hollywood, hold up a replica of the HOLLYWOOD sign after the real sign was obscured by fog, May 18, 1995.Request to buy this photo

AP File PhotoLegendary stand-up comic and actress, Phyllis Diller, gives her trademark look as she holds a Lucy Award, during a photo oppotunity before the Women in Film, 7th Annual Lucy Awards, Sept. 8, 2000, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Diller was one of several Lucy Award honorees at the event, named for the legendary Lucille Ball to honor the achievements of women in television.Request to buy this photo

AP File PhotoComedian Phyllis Diller poses in her home in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles on April 19, 2002.Request to buy this photo

AP File PhotoComedienne Phyllis Diller reminiscences at "The Bob Hope Memorial Tribute" at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences headquarters in Los Angeles' North Hollywood area, Aug. 27, 2003.Request to buy this photo

AP File PhotoComic Phyllis Diller poses for a photo at her home in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles, March 11, 2005. Female standup comics had never made the big-time, but Diller beat the odds, paving the way for Lily Tomlin, Rosanne, Ellen DeGeneres and others to follow. Diller relates her saga in her new memoir, "Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse, " written with Richard Buskin.Request to buy this photo

AP File PhotoComic Phyllis Diller poses for a photo at her home in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles, March 11, 2005. Female standup comics had never made the big-time, but Diller beat the odds, paving the way for Lily Tomlin, Rosanne, Ellen DeGeneres and others to follow. Diller relates her saga in her new memoir, "Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse, " written with Richard Buskin.Request to buy this photo

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